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Revolutions of the wheel
Part one - five
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Art/Design
9th Grade
06/04/2012

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What's a "Potter"?
Definition
A person who makes pots
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What's a "Vessel"?
Definition

-A container

-Holds something

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What is "Clay"?
Definition

-Organic

-Earth

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Did Native Americans have a history of pottery?
Definition

-Yes

-Brittish colonies tradition of potters.

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During colonial times why was pottery illegal for the English Colonists?
Definition
Woman often were decorators of pots.
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In the 1800's what was it like to work in a ceramic factory?
Definition
Hard
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What different roles did women and men have in the ceramic factories?
Definition

- Carried pots into the kilm

- Made the pots

-Worked with the machines

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What was a Political Form in the 19th century?
Definition
"Arts and Crafts Movement"
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Idea behind "Rookwood Pottery"?
Definition

- Make heart shaped pots

- Founded by Miriah Nickles

- Worlds highest honors

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What do we associate Adelaide Alsop Robineau with?
Definition

- Females only China painting

- Lots of time to make pots look good

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Who was "George Ohr"?
Definition

-Greatest potter on Earth

- Bizzare

- Gigantic Mastaches

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What was George Ohr known for?
Definition
Making weird and strange pottery.
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In 1900 Charles Binns began the first ceramics department at...?
Definition
Alfred University
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Why did California become popular for ceramics and pottery?
Definition
Glen Lucans wrote an article called "Pottery"
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Who was Marguerite Wildenhain?
Definition
A ceramics teacher.
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What was Marguerite Wildenhains approach to pottery like?
Definition

- Wore pointe shoes to spin the wheel

- Seamless pots

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Peter Voulkos approach?
Definition
Free way of working
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What was it like to work at Archie Bray brickyard?
Definition

- Tuff

-Cruel

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How was Shoji Hamada Pottery?
Definition
Very rare.
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Who was Peter and Marguerite very different?
Definition
Pete didn't demonstrate much but when he did it was very good work.
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Where was Peter from?
Definition
Montana
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Why did Peter go to Los Angeles?
Definition
To teach a coaching job
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Who was Paul Soldner?
Definition
Peters first student
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What was Paul Soldner good at?
Definition
Just about everything.
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What was Peters philosophy on glazes?
Definition
He though that glazes would improve.
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How did Peter move ceramics from being a "Craft" to " Fine art"?
Definition
He let the students do what they wanted.
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According to Henry Takomeda what was "the secret of art"?
Definition

-To do something new

-Make it your way

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What was Millard Sheets' idea of what he wanted his artist to do?

 

Definition
Wanted them all to do the same thing.
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What is "Funk art"?
Definition
Opposite of being very careful.
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First cermaic pieces Arneson made?
Definition
Toilets.
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Characteristics of Arneson's artwork?
Definition
Humor.
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Publics reaction to Moscone sculpture?
Definition
Didn't like it.
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How did Arneson's long battle with cancer effect his artwork?
Definition

-Got more serious

- More about death

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Describe what Stephen De Staebler made
Definition
Put big slabs of clay on floor to make designs that you couldn't make with tools.
Term
Describe what Clayton Bailey made
Definition

-Developed a plan to do his own thing.

- Found "big foots" bones in backyard

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Describe what Adrian Saxe made

 

Definition
Made plates out of differnt stuff, but you couldn't tell the differnece between the two things unless you carefully look at it.
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